-cvar_t snd_entchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_entchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of regular entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_playerchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of player entities"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_worldchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of the world entity"};
-cvar_t snd_csqcchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of the world entity"};
+cvar_t snd_maxchannelvolume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_maxchannelvolume", "10", "maximum volume of a single sound"};
+cvar_t snd_softclip = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_softclip", "0", "Use soft-clipping. Soft-clipping can make the sound more smooth if very high volume levels are used. Enable this option if the dynamic range of the loudspeakers is very low. WARNING: This feature creates distortion and should be considered a last resort."};
+//cvar_t snd_softclip = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_softclip", "0", "Use soft-clipping (when set to 2, use it even if output is floating point). Soft-clipping can make the sound more smooth if very high volume levels are used. Enable this option if the dynamic range of the loudspeakers is very low. WARNING: This feature creates distortion and should be considered a last resort."};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_entchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_entchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of regular entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_playerchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_playerchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of player entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_worldchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_worldchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of the world entity (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_csqcchannel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_csqcchannel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel of CSQC entities (DEPRECATED)"};
+cvar_t snd_channel0volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel0volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the auto-allocate entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel1volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel1volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 1st entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel2volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel2volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 2nd entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel3volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel3volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 3rd entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel4volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel4volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 4th entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel5volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel5volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 5th entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel6volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel6volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 6th entity channel"};
+cvar_t snd_channel7volume = {CVAR_SAVE, "snd_channel7volume", "1", "volume multiplier of the 7th entity channel"};